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Lee Her – Modern Language Journal, 2024
Framed by family language policy (FLP), in conjunction with the Douglas Fir Group's ecological transdisciplinary framework for second language acquisition, this multiple case study investigates the FLPs of two Hmong-American families in relation to a Hmong-English dual-language program (DLP) where their children are enrolled. Interviews,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Sino Tibetan Languages, Bilingual Education Programs, Language Acquisition
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Tannenbaum, Michal; Michalovich, Amir; Shohamy, Elana – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Israel's Education Ministry invited proposals for the development of a new multilingual policy for the country's education system. We submitted a proposal for an 'engaged language policy' approach, which helps schools to conceptualize and develop a policy that best fits them ideologically and demographically. This study aimed to map teachers' and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Arabs, Jews, Language Planning
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Wiley, Terrence G.; García, Ofelia – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This article considers the relevance of language policy and planning (LPP) for language education in the United States in relation to the country's longstanding and continuing multilingualism. In reflecting on the U.S. context, one striking feature is the absence of a guiding overarching explicit national educational language policy. Language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Security